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BROOMS. 



Halibut scrub-broom. 



A rough broom, made from the butt of a white-oak sapling, the 

 end of which is split into fibers which are tightly tied with 

 marline, after which the end of the broom is rounded. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1883. 57,812. TJ. S. Fish Commission. Used 

 for cleaning halibut after they have been eviscerated and pre- 

 paratory to being packed in ice. 



Halibut scrub-broom. 



Made of oak sapling, the butt end being stripped into fibers to form 

 the broom ; these are firmly bound together and their ends 

 trimmed off. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 32,718. Capt. J. W. 

 Collins. Used for cleaning blood, &c, from the backbone of 

 halibut before they are iced. 



LAMPS AND LANTERNS. 



(For descriptions see Sec. I.) 



sealer's accessories. 

 Eskimo ice-brush. 



Handle, wood; flaring bone butt-piece inserted in recessed handle 

 and wrapped with strips of seal-skin. Brush consists of a nar- 

 row strip of baleen, horn-colored, with fringe attached, and 

 seized to the handle with seal-skin thongs. Length, 30 inches. 

 King's Island, Alaska. 63,606. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Used by natives for brushing away snow when seal-hunting, 

 and also for brushing snow and ice from their garments. 



Seal-hunter's stool. 



Wood, heart-shaped; triangular hole cut near the center with 

 chamfered edge on lower sides; three small wooden pegs in- 

 serted as legs. Size, 12f by 8 inches; height, 5f inches. An- 

 derson Eiver, Arctic coast. 3,978. Collected by Eobert Mac- 

 farlane. A roughly constructed but durable utensil. Used by 

 Eskimo to stand upon while watching for seals in winter 



angler's camping outfit. 



(For a more detailed list of angler's camping outfit see Sec. I.) 



Pack-rack. 



An old-fashioned angler's pack-rack, which can be strapped to the 

 back and loaded with blankets and other outfit in reaching 

 camping-grounds which are inaccessible to wagons. Exhibited 

 by Joseph C. Willetts, Skaneateles, N. T. 



